Video Tag
Every video tagged “animatronic” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
1505 videos
Haunt Former unboxes, sets up, and reviews a commercially available Slimer animatronic decoration inspired by the Ghostbusters franchise. The video walks viewers through what's in the box, how the prop assembles, and what the animated effect looks like in action. It serves as a practical buying guide for fans who want a recognizable pop-culture centerpiece for their Halloween display.
The MCA927 Morgue Corpse Attack from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a corpse concealed behind a morgue door. On trigger, the door bursts open and the character launches outward while the body rises and falls and the arms thrash in an erratic, organic motion. The plug-and-play package includes the wall unit, character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, motion sensor, and a complete audio package with digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect.
This short video offers a sneak peek at the Sitting Scare Witch animatronic prop available from Spirit Halloween for the 2018 season. The creator showcases the piece as part of an ongoing series previewing Spirit Halloween's 2018 lineup. It serves as a quick look for haunters and Halloween decorators considering the prop for their displays or haunts.
FrightProps showcases their Animated Skinned Lab Chimp, a disturbing animatronic prop designed for haunted house environments. The figure depicts a chimpanzee subjected to a gruesome laboratory experiment, thrashing and emitting screams to unsettle guests. This product video highlights the prop's motion and sound effects as its primary scare delivery. It fits naturally into mad-science or horror laboratory themed haunted spaces.
The C804 Contortionist from Poison Props is a full-sized pneumatic animatronic standing 74 inches tall that dramatically bends backward to 90 degrees while raising its arms and moving its head side to side with gurgling and screaming audio. It ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, and powered speaker. The rig has a compact footprint suitable for tight haunt spaces and is designed for immediate deployment in haunted attractions or dark rides. Characters are interchangeable across Poison Props mechanisms, offering flexibility for different themes.
The WC509 Wall Crawler from Poison Props is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic that mounts to a wall and performs a multi-axis routine — crawling upward while turning its head and banging its hands against the surface. The unit ships as a plug-and-play package, bundling the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. Character heads are interchangeable across mechanisms, offering flexibility for different haunt themes.
The MG929 Mutant Grabber from Poison Props is a seven-foot pneumatic animatronic designed for haunted house and dark-ride environments. It lurks with its head down before lunging four feet forward out of a wall panel with coordinated head and arm movements to grab at passing guests. The system is fully self-contained — including pneumatics, a programmed controller, motion sensor, and optional audio package — making setup largely plug-and-play. Interchangeable character heads add flexibility for operators who want to adapt the look to different themes.
Haunt Former reviews the Gemmy 2022 Chucky animatronic prop, a licensed Child's Play character figure that moves autonomously on a Roomba-style rolling base. The video offers the creator's hands-on impressions and commentary on this roaming retail Halloween animatronic. It appears to be a combination of unboxing and personal reaction content aimed at Halloween prop enthusiasts and horror fans alike.
The ST924 Spider Thruster from Poison Props is a turnkey pneumatic animatronic featuring a spider concealed inside a crate that lunges out to startle patrons at low or head height. The complete package includes the spider, crate, pneumatic hardware, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor for hands-free triggering. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fuller scare experience. The unit requires a standard AC power connection and a compressed air supply at 100 psi.
This video from Poison Props showcases a drop portrait cube prop featuring a nun character. The prop appears to combine a framed portrait gimmick with a cube-style drop mechanism, likely designed to startle haunt guests. Given Poison Props' reputation for high-quality animatronic and pneumatic builds, this is likely a demonstration or build reveal of a professional-grade scare prop.
The PKT421 Psycho Kneeling Twitcher from Poison Props is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic that crouches in a chained, kneeling position before violently lurching upward with four independent movements — head flailing, lateral swing, and an accompanying scream. The complete package includes the character, chains, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensors, and a full audio system, making it a true plug-and-play scare solution. It is designed for haunted houses, dark rides, and amusement park applications requiring reliable, high-impact automated scares.
A short showcase of the Rotten Harvester, a scarecrow-themed animatronic from Morris Costumes' 2022 Halloween lineup. The creator highlights this as their first scarecrow-style prop and calls it a standout addition to their yard haunt setup. The video serves as a quick look at the piece in a real-world yard display context.
The SF742 ScareCrow Flyer from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic designed to deliver powerful startle scares. The character lurks with its head down before launching outward approximately seven feet — arms raised, head turning — while emitting a violent scream. The plug-and-play package includes the scarecrow character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, a motion sensor, a digital audio player, a powered speaker, and a scream audio effect. A metal base and post are available as an optional add-on, and the character can be swapped onto other Poison Props mechanisms to fit different themes.
This short clip from the Haunted Attraction Network showcases ScareFactory's leaping jack-o'-lantern animatronic as seen at the Transworld Halloween Show 2025. The animatronic appears to feature a pumpkin character with a jumping or lunging action designed to startle haunt visitors. With no additional description provided, details about mechanics, pricing, or specifications remain unknown.
FrightProps showcases their Spitting Debby animated Halloween prop, a zombie girl animatronic designed to startle and disgust guests with a spitting action effect. The short-form video serves as a product highlight, directing viewers to the FrightProps website for full specifications and purchasing details. It gives haunters a quick look at the prop's movement and character design in action.
This short demo video showcases a vintage-style clown Halloween prop, likely a retail or prototype animatronic tied to major seasonal suppliers. The creator puts the prop through its paces to highlight its scare factor and design details. At just three minutes, it functions as a quick look rather than an in-depth review.
This short-form video from Spooky Guy444 showcases a ghost and tombstone Halloween scare prop in action. The clip appears to be a quick demo or reaction-style reveal highlighting the prop's frightening effect. The channel focuses on year-round Halloween content including prop reviews, animatronic demos, and unboxings.
This FrightProps video showcases a jack-o-lantern Halloween prop featuring an animated tongue mechanism that simulates a barfing motion with pumpkin seeds. The prop combines classic jack-o-lantern aesthetics with a gross-out animatronic gag that is sure to delight and disgust trick-or-treaters alike. It appears to be a product demonstration highlighting the prop's movement and visual effect.
The Poison Props THS603 Two Headed Swinger is a professional pneumatic animatronic featuring a two-headed monster character that rests quietly on the ground before rising to approximately 8 feet and swinging side to side with a turning head. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play system, including the character, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor, and an audio package with digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects. Its compact rig footprint allows flexible deployment either at ground level or rigged from above. Characters are interchangeable, making it adaptable to a variety of haunted attraction themes.
The ZT523 Zombie Twitcher from Poison Props is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a zombie character that starts in a head-down, arms-lowered resting pose before springing to life with twitching lateral movement and a scream when triggered. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package, including the character, pneumatic rig, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An audio bundle with a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect is also included. Character heads are interchangeable across Poison Props mechanisms, adding versatility for themed environments.
This short video showcases an animated gravedigger prop spotted at Home Depot as part of their 2020 Halloween lineup. The creator is clearly enthusiastic about the piece, considering it a standout prop of the season. There is some speculation about whether a previously seen version of the figure represents the final retail release.
This video from Poison Props showcases a fortune teller-themed animatronic or prop build, featuring a mystic character likely set around a crystal ball or divination tableau. Poison Props is known for high-quality haunt-grade animatronic figures, and this piece fits their signature style of detailed, atmospheric character props. The presentation highlights the finished prop's appearance and movement, giving haunters a look at what a professional-level fortune teller character can bring to a haunt environment.
GMHaunts unboxes, assembles, and reviews Spirit Halloween's 2021 Henry Hustle animatronic, walking viewers through the entire process from opening the box to a live demonstration. The video highlights Henry's signature head pop-up motion mechanic and evaluates how easy the prop is to set up. It serves as a hands-on buyer's guide for anyone considering adding this fan-favorite piece to their collection.
GMHaunts celebrates a subscriber milestone by unboxing, setting up, and demoing Spirit Halloween's Lord Dakhanavar, a brand-new animatronic for 2020. The video walks viewers through what's in the box and gets the prop up and running on camera. The creator shares enthusiastic first impressions and teases a full in-depth review coming soon.
